Acronyms & Slang: Difference between revisions
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* '''Boiling:''' [[Silent Running]] near a star or a station orbiting close to a star. | * '''Boiling:''' [[Silent Running]] near a star or a station orbiting close to a star. | ||
* '''Billionaire:''' Term traditionally used for a player that took advantage of a past major server transaction glitch which caused commodity duplicating where multiple player(s) had obtained 1,000,000,000+ [[credits]]. | * '''Billionaire:''' Term traditionally used for a player that took advantage of a past major server transaction glitch which caused commodity duplicating where multiple player(s) had obtained 1,000,000,000+ [[credits]]. | ||
* '''Board Flipping: '''The Process of switching between open/Private Group/Solo to get different missions. (Is not a bug/exploit, Fdev has confirmed it is working as intended) | |||
* '''Brick:''' [[Lakon]] [[Type-6 Transporter]] ship, for it's appearance looking very similar to the shape of a brick. | * '''Brick:''' [[Lakon]] [[Type-6 Transporter]] ship, for it's appearance looking very similar to the shape of a brick. | ||
* '''Buggy: '''[[Surface Recon Vehicle]]. | * '''Buggy: '''[[Surface Recon Vehicle]]. | ||
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* '''Freebooter:''' A term originally said by authority vessels against a pilot caught doing an illegal action. An illegal plunderer, pillager, or invader. | * '''Freebooter:''' A term originally said by authority vessels against a pilot caught doing an illegal action. An illegal plunderer, pillager, or invader. | ||
* '''Friendship Drive:''' Affectionate term for the [[Frame Shift Drive]] based on the pronunciation of the ship computer. | * '''Friendship Drive:''' Affectionate term for the [[Frame Shift Drive]] based on the pronunciation of the ship computer. | ||
* '''Fdev- '''Frontier Development - aka The developers of Elite Dangerous. | |||
* '''Griefer:''' A player who deliberately irritates and harasses other players. See [[Griefers]] for more information. | * '''Griefer:''' A player who deliberately irritates and harasses other players. See [[Griefers]] for more information. | ||
* '''HazRES:''' A Hazardous [[Resource Extraction Site]]. These sites don't enjoy the authority protection that other resource sites do. | * '''HazRES:''' A Hazardous [[Resource Extraction Site]]. These sites don't enjoy the authority protection that other resource sites do. | ||